What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the
head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency)
down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered under
federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any
other type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count
persons in the abode and for “the collection of statistics.” If the
landlord of such apartment or other leased premises refuses to grant
the government worker access to your living quarters, whether you are
present or not, the landlord can be fined $500.00.